UNCONSCIOUS COLLECTIVE ARE CONVERGENCE INCARNATEWE ARE A SONIC VIRUSWE ARE THE SONIC QUESTION AND THE SONIC SOLUTIONWE ARE YOUR LIVING ANCESTORS AND YOUR DYING DESCENDANTSWE BRING INVIOLABLE AURAL TRANSMOGRIFICATION

UNDERSTAND THAT THE REVOLUTION IS BEING TELEVISEDBECAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN REALIZEDWE ARE ALWAYS CHANGING ALWAYS AT WAR WITHDIS-PRAXIC SYSTEMS LIES SOUL-U-LAR ISOLATIONISM AND BASE MOTIVATIONS

WE ARE CHILDREN OF VISION SIRED BY FREE-FALLWE ARE ENERGY'S SOUNDWE THREE SOULS WE THREE EYES ARE THE MOUTH OF SPACETHE MEANS ALTERING THE ENDTHE END ALTERING THE MEANSTO HEAL TO FIGHT TO LOVE TO BEPRAXIS

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"I had previewed a little bit of Unconscious Collective’s music prior to the show, but was caught completely unprepared for what they had to offer. As the band took the stage, I noticed that all three members were completely naked except for loin cloths and were covered in body paint that made them look like tribal warriors. The guitarist also had a headdress of sorts, and as it has been quite some time since I have seen a band that made this kind of immediate statement before they even started playing this made an immediate impression. Once Unconscious Collective did begin to perform the music fell somewhere into instrumental jazz/prog rock territory, offering a dizzying amount of technical riffs and drum beats with what looked like a good deal of improvisation added in for good measure. There were some sections that gave off a bit of a noise rock vibe similar to Lightning Bolt as well. It was truly incredible to watch, and the interplay between the three members was spot on as they seemed to be able to instinctively tell what the other was about to do and play off it in a very natural manner. Drummer Stefan Gonzalez continually impressed me as he seemed to always be throwing in complicated fills and other ideas throughout the set. This technical showmanship would have been enough to leave me with a lasting impression, but the group took it one step further. In between longer jam sessions, they would bring the volume level down to a whisper and all three of the members would scream, convulse, and basically look like they were channeling their inner animal spirit. I described it the next day as the most brilliant, bizarre, and mind blowing thing I had seen on stage in quite some time and the best part was that when the group did this the entire venue was silent. Sometimes there are still a lot of people talking in the background during softer moments, but this time around everything was completely quiet as the audience tried to process just what they were witnessing. I absolutely love it when bands go all out in both the musical and stage performance element of their live show, and as soon as it had ended I wanted to see Unconscious Collective all over again. My friend Travis (who also owns The Sidebar) shot a video of the set, which I have embedded below so you can get an idea of just how off the wall this really was."